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Filed May 16, 1952 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 FIGS.

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SYLVIA ROODNER BY WWW Patented May 5, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SLIP Sylvia Roodner, Bronx, N. Y.

Application May 16, 1952; Serial No. 288,172 7 This invention relates to a slip with an improved bodice construction.

There are combination brassieres and slips which are designed to perform the function both of a brassire and of a slip. It happens to be a fact however that if the bodice of the slip functions as a brassiere, it cannot serve as a slip. Conversely, if the bodice of the slip does not serve as a brassire it is important that it assist or cooperate with the brassiere rather than conflict in any way with its functioning. Conventional slips cannot properly complement the functioning of a brassiere since their bodice is not shaped to the configuration of the female bust.

It is a principal object of this invention to provide a slip having a cupped bodice which fits the contours of the female bust and which therefore complements the purpose and function of a brassiere. It is important to distinguish between the slip herein claimed and the combination slip and brassire of the prior art as above mentioned. This cupped bodice does not serve as a brassire and it does not and cannot take the place of a brassiere. But it does conform to the contours of the bust and to the contours of the brassire so that the effect which the brassiere produces is not destroyed or in any way marred.

The slip which is herein described and claimed is provided with bust pockets or cups corresponding to the bust pockets or cups of a brassiere.

4Claims. (01.2;13)

A preferred form of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. l is a front view of a slip made in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a back view of the same slip.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged exploded view showing the several component parts of the bodice of said slip, some of said parts being sewn together and others being detached to show how the several parts are joined to form said bodice.

It will be seen in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing that slip (0 herein claimed comprises the following component parts: a front panel [2, a pair of side panels [4 and [6, a back panel [8, all of said panels taken together constituting what may be described as the skirt of said slip, although the upper portions of the side panels extend into the bodice of the slip, an upper back panel 20, a front insert 22, and a pair of cup portions 24 and 26 respectively, said upper back portion, the upper ends of the side panels, the front insert and the two cup members together constituting what may The cups or pockets of this slip are so designed An important advantage of this invention is the shaped insert which is interposed between the two bust pockets of the bodice. This shaped insert serves as a separator, that is as a means of separating the bust. This separation action complements or supplements the corresponding action of the brassire sothat a marked separation of the bust is produced. Another important feature of this invention is the shaped. bodice which makes for a considerable saving in materials. Still another advantage is the cut of the material of which the slip is made, said out rendering it possible to produce the bust line effect above described without any unusual sewing art. The curvature of the bust pockets result naturally from the cut of the material in the same sense that the curvatures of the bust pockets of a brassiere are produced by the out of the material of which it is made.

be described as the bodice of the slip. The slip is also provided with a pair of shoulder straps 28 and 30 respectively.

The skirt of this slip is conventional and it is made, preferably, of bias-cut material as Figs. 1 and 2 clearly show. The upper back portion 20 may also be considered to be conventional. Th invention resides in that portion of the bodice which the upper ends of side panels I l and I6, insert 22 and cup members 24 and 26 together comprise.

It will be seen in Fig. 5 that there is a V-shaped edge 32 along the top of front panel [2. The lower end of separating insert 22 is provided with a wedge-shaped edge 34 which complements the V-shaped edge 32. The two side edges 36 and 38 of said insert are concave or arcuate in shape and they curve inwardly to form a narrow neck portion or intermediate portion lil. Above said arcuate side edges is a pair of relatively short shoulder portions 42 and 44 respectively. Between said shoulder portions is a V-shaped neck portion 46 which serves as the front neck opening of the slip. The lower end of said insert 22, when stitched to the upper end of front panel [2, as shown in Fig. l, constitutes what may be described as the front waist line of the slip.

The upper end of side panel M is provided with an outwardly curved or convex edge 48 which is not quite as sharply curved as concave edge 36. Consequently, when these two edges are brought together and then sewed together the upper portion of said side panel tends to rufile outwardly. This is clearly shown in connection with the upper portion of side panel 16 whose convex edge 59 is joined to the concave edge 33 of the insert. It will also be seen that the upper portion of side panel M is provided with a concave edge 52 which is curved in the opposite direction at its upper end to form a convex portion 54 which meets convex edge 48 at a point 7 56. The same arrangement of parts is true of side panel IS with the sole exception that they.

are mirror likenesses of each other.

Cup portion 24 has a convex lower and inner edge 58, a straight substantially horizonal upper edge Gil, and a diagonal straight side edge 52. The convex edge 58 fits into the concav'e'edge 52 of the upper portion of side panel Hi. However, since the upper portion of said concave edge 52 becomes convex edge 54, said bust cup 25 and the upper portion of side panel i l tend to balloon outwardly when they are sewed together inthe manner shown Fig. 1. It will also be seen that shoulder portion 42 of insert 22 is attached to the upper portion of convex edge of cup member 24. What has been said of cup member 2 and the upper portion of side panel i4 is equally true of cup portion 26 and the upper end of side panel 16.

Fig. 5 clearly shows that back panel [8 is attached to side panel 14 and it will also be understood that the opposite side of said back panel is attached to side panel M. Similarly, upper panel 2!: is attached along one side edge to side 52 of cup 24 and to the corresponding side edge of side panel i4. By the same token, the opposite side edge of upper panel 26 is attached to cup member 26 and side panel it. It will of course be obvious that the two side panels are also attached to the front panel It.

It will be understood that the material of which the several parts of the slip above described be made are the various materials which are conventiona1 in slip manufacture. For example, insert 22 and bust cups 24 and 26 are shown to be made of lace. This of course is purely illustrative and although it is preferred, other materials may also be used for the same purpose.

The foregoing is illustrative of preferred aspects of the invention and it will be understood that modifications and variations may be incorporated therein within the broad spirit of the invention and the broad scope of the claims.

While the invention herein has been illustrated and described with respect to a slip, it is apparent that the invention may be embodied in other types of undergarments as well as in bath-- ing suits and the like.

I claim:

1. A slip of the character described comprising a bodice portion and a skirt portion which are attached to each other along a common waist line, the front of said bodice having a bust separator insert, said insert terminating in oppositely diverging shoulder portions, a pair of cup members, said cup members each having its uppermost portion attached to each of the diverging shoulder portions of the bust separator insert, and a pair of arcuate portions inserted and attached between the bust separator insert and the cup members and below the attached portion of the latter elements.

' 2. 'A slip'in accordance with claim 1, wherein the insert which serves as a bust separator oocupies a central longitudinal position in the front of the bodice of said slip, the side edges of said insert being curved inwardly and toward each other to form a narrow neck portion intermediate the upper and lower portions of said insert. A slip in accordance with claim 1, wherein the side edges; of the insert which serves as a bust separator are curved inwardly and toward each other to form a narrow neck portion inter' .ediate the upper and lower portions of said insert, the arcuate portions which are inserted between said insert and the cup members being provided with arcuate side edges which are joined to the curved side edges of the insert, the curvature of the side edges of the insert being sharper than the curvature of said arcuate side edges of said arcuate portions, whereby said arcuate portions are caused to ruffle outwardly when they are attached to said insert. i. A slip in accordance with claim 1, wherei the arcuate portions which are inserted between the insert and the cup members are provided along their outer sides with curved edges which 'are concave along the greater part of their length and convex at their upper ends, the cup members being provided with convexedly curved edges which are secured to the concave and convex edges of said arcuate portions, whereby an outwardly ballooning effect is produced in said cup members and arcuate portions.

SYLVIA. ROODNER.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2, i5? .928 Silva Jan. 4, 1949 2,545,109 Roodner Mar. 13, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 983,841 France Feb. 14, 1951 

